As a resident in the historic core of Birdham, I feel very strongly that Birdham is an environmentally sensitive location in the Chichester Harbour AONB. This seems to have been shown by the CDC’s study : Landscape Capacity Study – March 2019, and The Sustainability Appraisal – November 2018 which recommended Options 1 and 1A that proposed no additional houses in Birdham.

It seems that the HELAA bias towards greenfield sites excludes brownfield sites; our Neighbourhood Plan specifically recommends brownfield and small sites which would offer a fat more appropriate level of development for an AONB where there is not the infrastructure to support large developments on greenfield sites. I would suggest that it would be appropriate for the Birdham Neighbourhood Plan process to be used for reference rather than the HELAA assessment.